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Well here's basically what I'm trying to accomplish.
I'm trying to write a program that when run on two computers, both can send messages and the messages will appear on each one of the computers.
Basically, it's like aim.
Here's what I have so far, but this only works on the running computer, doesn't really allow other computers to connect to mine.
I'm wondering what I need to do to make this work so multiple computers can connect with each other.
Also I wasn't sure were to post this, I don't think this is much of a newbie project, but it isn't that advanced
Lesson: All About Sockets (The Java™ Tutorials > Custom Networking)
import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; import java.net.ServerSocket; import java.net.Socket; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Iterator; public class MusicServer { ArrayList<ObjectOutputStream> clientOutputStreams; public static void main(String[] args) { new MusicServer().go(); } public class ClientHandler implements Runnable{ ObjectInputStream in; Socket clientSocket; public ClientHandler(Socket socket) { try { clientSocket = socket; in = new ObjectInputStream(clientSocket.getInputStream()); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println(e); }//close constructor } public void run(){ Object o2 = null; Object o1 = null; try { while((o1 = in.readObject())!=null) { o2 = in.readObject(); System.out.println("Read two objects"); tellEveryone(o1,o2); } } catch (Exception e) { // TODO: handle exception } } } public void go() { clientOutputStreams = new ArrayList<ObjectOutputStream>(); try { ServerSocket serverSock = new ServerSocket(4444); while(true) { Socket clientSocket = serverSock.accept(); ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(clientSocket.getOutputStream()); clientOutputStreams.add(out); Thread t = new Thread(new ClientHandler(clientSocket)); t.start(); System.out.println("Got a connection"); } } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); // TODO: handle exception } } public void tellEveryone(ObjectOutputStream one, Object two) { Iterator it = clientOutputStreams.iterator(); while(it.hasNext()) { try { ObjectOutputStream out = (ObjectOutputStream)it.next(); out.writeObject(one); out.writeObject(two); } catch (Exception e) { // TODO: handle exception } } } }

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Palermo [32] is the capital of the main Italian island of Sicily, located on the north coast of the island.
The capital of Sicily was founded by Phoenicians under the name of "Ziz" (which means "flower", but the meaning is still uncertain) and later renamed by Greeks "Panormos", which means "all port". It reached its golden age during the Arab domination (9th to 11th centuries AD) when it became one of the most prosperous cities in the Mediterranean and Europe, known as "city of delights" for its marvelous and lavish gardens, as well as for magnificent mosques and palaces.
After being conquered by the Normans (1060-1080 AD), most of palaces and mosques were destroyed, but the new rulers exploited the cosmopolitan environment of Palermo and the artists, architects and masters from different cultural roots giving the birth to a unique architectural style, the so-called "Arab-Norman Style of Sicily", which is an original mixture of arabesque decorations, Romanesque architecture and Byzantine mosaics.
After being home to one of the most famous emperors of the Middle Ages, Frederik II of Swabia, named "Stupor Mundi" by contemporaries, Palermo began its decadence under the influence of several dominations In the mid-19th century, Palermo was one the leading revolutionary cities in Italy, strongly contributing to the success of the "Mille" (literally "one thousand"), a patriots' expedition lead by the famous Italian national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi which ended with the reunification of Italy under the Savoy dynasty from Turin (1860).
Nowadays, Palermo faces several problems affecting its economic development, mainly because of the presence of the very powerful criminal organization known worldwide as "Mafia" or "Cosa Nostra". The city's economy is based on local government institutions, port, shipbuilding industry and the mechanical industry. It is also seat to some important Sicilian wine making companies (like Tasca d'Almerita, Duca di Salaparuta, Corvo, Planeta, etc.) whose popularity in the world is growing.
Palermo has a typical mediterranean climate. Palermo has the warmest winter in Italy and one of the warmest in Europe with nights being around 10°C (50°F) and days around 15°C (59°F). It is even warmer than cities like Catania and Syracuse in southern Sicily. That's why Palermo does attract tourists even in the winter that seek an escape from the cold weather in northern and central italy. Occasionally, temperatures can drop down to 5°C (42°F) but any further below is rare. The record low is -1°C (30°F). Although snow is very rare in the city, flurries can occur in the inland suburbs but even they are uncommon. The last significant snowfall was on New Year's Eve 2014. Most of precipitation also falls in the winter.
Spring and autumn are both very pleasant seasons to visit but autumn is much wetter than spring.
Summers on the other hand aren't as hot as Catania and are even cooler than those of cities in northern Italy, such as Florence. The average high in August is 30.5°C (86.9°F) while in Catania it's 32°C (90°F) and in Florence it's 31.5°C (88.7°F). When heat waves hit, the mercury can rise above 38°C (100°F) in some cases. The record high is 44°C (111°F). Summer is also the driest part of the year but August has a substantial amount of rainfall.
Get in
By plane
Palermo International Airport [33] (IATA: PMO) is located some 32 km west of the city at Punta Raisi and has flights incoming from other Italian centres and major European cities on a regular basis. Half hourly shuttle buses (displaying "prestia e commande") provide inexpensive transport into the city centre (€6.10). There are 1-2 trains per hour, 50 minutes, €5.80 (destination Punta Raisi). The usual taxi and car rental services are also available at the airport. You can also book a private airport transfer online in advance.
By ferry
Ferries steam between the port of Palermo and the following Italian ports on a regular basis: Genoa, Civitavecchia, Naples, Malta (Valletta) and Cagliari (Sardinia).
By train
Through trains from Rome and Naples via the train ferry across the Messina straits.
Get around
On foot
Although Palermo is a fair-sized city, most of the interesting sites around the centre can easily be reached on foot.
By bus
Get a 24 hour ticket for €4. Many buses run on Via Roma. To go to Pl Indipendenza take bus 109 from the station.
Palermo, unlike Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan and, to some extent, Naples, is not ranking among the must-see-cities of Italy though it's not actually known why ever this happens. Nevertheless for the varieties of its monuments, witnessing its long and rich history, the number of other cultural and naturalistic attractions,it can offer a very interesting experience to the visitors interested in exploring it. In particular, outside from the classical attractions listed below, the area of Viale della Libertà Avenue from the Politeama Theater to Piazza Croci is a great place that shows the Art-Nouveau heart of the City. It can be considered a sort of local Avenue des Champs-Elysées or the Barcelona's Ramblas.
History of Sicilian mafia
The Sicilian Mafia is a criminal organization – well known as Cosa Nostra – present in Sicily, since the early 19th century and transformed in the second half of the 20th century into an international criminal organization.
International House Language Centre [34] is right in the centre near Piazza Politeama (via Q. Sella 70). International House has teachers with years of experience. Each year it welcomes Italian language students from every corner of the globe. Its Italian language courses can be combined with traditional cooking lessons, scuba diving sessions and tours of the city and the island. The school was founded in 1975 and is also a centre of excellence for English language teaching. Free Wi-fi available for tourists and students.
Sicilia [35] language school specializes in teaching Italian to foreigners of any level, from beginner to advanced, as well as preparing them for DITALS exams. Founded in 2005, it also offers cooking classes and guided tours to the students, as well as a crash course in Sicilian language, culture and history. Find it at Via Houel, 19.
Try specialties of Palermo like panino con la milza or panelle, in one of the many sandwich stands in the old city center.
Stay safe
Beware of pickpockets and motorcycle-riding snatch thieves targeting handbags, wallets and mobile phones.
Women should not walk alone at night in the historical centre of Palermo and travellers could be wary of La Kalsa, the neighborhood between Via Roma and the water, at night. The area is being renewed and gentrified, but is probably still one of the riskier places to be at night.
Vehicle theft is a major problem in Palermo, so the use of private, secure car parks is to be preferred.
Avoid going outside the city center, except for Mondello (beach and clubs), Sferracavallo (great restaurants), Monreale.
Palermo's main APT Tourist Office is located at Piazza Castelnuovo 35, open Mo-Fr 8AM-8PM and Sa 8AM-2PM. English spoken. A branch of the tourist office also exists at the airport. Get a free map from one of the blue information booths.
Get out
Palermo is the main hub for buses and trains in Sicily. The main station - Stazione Centrale is at the beginning of the historical centre, Piazza Giulio Cesare. Most of the long-distance buses leave from just round the corner. The shuttle to the airport leaves every half hour on the half hour until 11PM from the eastern side of the square in front of the train station even though a new bus terminal inside the eastern part of the station has recently been completed and opened to the pubblic.
By train
Regular, quite fast trains to: Messina & Milazzo for the Aeolian Islands (more and quicker than the busses to these two), Trapani and Enna. Less frequent to other destinations.
By bus
Regular, fast buses to Catania, Taormina, Trapani, Enna, Agrigento, and Syracuse. Loads of other places served too.


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The wind and humidity made both Karen and I cave, we took the A bus home. Near the bus stop, I saw this relatively large tire. I'm assuming it's from a tractor. My access badge (slightly larger than a credit card) is there for scale. I can has West Nile?!
I had to go to Sports Authority to pick up the Lenexa Midnight Ride stuff for c'Dude and I. Another bike commuter was there on a BikesDirect Windsor Tourist. He was looking for a steel roadie with integrated levers and braze-ons for a rack. He's been pretty happy with it. I always wondered how those BikesDirect bikes held up, but most of them probably all roll off the same assembly line that big-name bikes do.
Midnight Ride! Two XL shirts, two bib numbers, and a pile of coupons. Awesome!
I decided to time-shift my sleep schedule and rode my bike to Daily Dose Bar & Coffee for my usual Friday Night Geek-Out. On the way home, I took this closed-off road (which I've posted many photos of before). Without any street lights, you can really get a feel for how bright the DiNotte 200L is. I still love this light. I used it on its lowest setting all night but flipped it to high for this photo. Unless you're scorching along at 20 MPH or faster, there's not much need for this kind of illumination.
I got done at Daily Dose around 1:00 AM. I continued on my way and swung by to wish my wife's friend happy b-day. My wife was still partying it up over there.
Along the way, I saw something humorous. This is Apria Healthcare.
... and I am trying to figure out if the burned-out flourescent letters on their building are intentional or just very fortunate:
The signs were already up for the Lenexa Midnight ride. What you don't see is that this sign alternates to say "Saturday 8:00PM".
If you're in the area, I hope to maybe run into you (not literally) at the Midnight Ride tonight. I'll be eschewing the Chris Cakes and heading to Denny's instead. Also, I have a freshly re-indoctrinated co-worker who will be there on his bike. He's back into mountain biking after a long break. I know quite a few others who will be there as well.
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
Getting ready for the Midnight Ride!
The wind and humidity made both Karen and I cave, we took the A bus home. Near the bus stop, I saw this relatively large tire. I'm assuming it's from a tractor. My access badge (slightly larger than a credit card) is there for scale. I can has West Nile?!
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Drat - I completely spaced off the Midnight Ride this year, and scheduled a minor surgery for day before yesterday that would make it rather uncomfortable to try to ride right now. Oh well, hopefully next year.
- July 12, 2008 3:32 PM
- Apertome said...
Dude, Windsor is a well-known, and in my view well-respected bicycle company. It's not a "BikesDirect" brand, they're just selling it.
I'm amazed at how inexpensive the bike is at BikesDirect, though ... it almost seems too good to be true, which makes me wonder ...
- July 12, 2008 8:45 PM
- Noah said...
I wasn't really downplaying Windsor... After all I've put about a thousand miles on a friggin Diamondback in the last two months... but the only place I've actually seen Windsor for sale was Bikes Direct (while doing research for Commute By Bike's commuter bike database). And yes, it's a helluvadeal for a bike as well equipped as it is.
- July 12, 2008 9:14 PM
It was good to see you again, if even for a few minutes. WarrenT
- July 13, 2008 7:58 AM
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Occasionally, children who have repeated ear infections that don't respond to antibiotics may require surgery. Surgical treatment can help to relieve pain caused by pressure from chronic fluid build-up in the middle ear. Surgery can also help to restore hearing loss related to fluid build-up, which can help prevent delayed speech development in children.
During myringotomy, a small incision is made in the eardrum and fluid (blood, pus, and/or water) is removed from the middle ear. The fluid is often cultured to determine which antibiotics will be most effective in destroying the bacteria causing the infections. In cases of chronic otitis media, a small "tympanostomy" tube is also inserted in the middle ear to help keep the hole open and air pressure in the middle ear normal. This surgery is most often performed on children, but is sometimes performed on adults, as well.
Myringotomy is usually performed under general anesthesia or sometimes with topical application of an anesthetic. This procedure can be performed with a laser, although any additional benefits from this procedure (laser-assisted tympanic membrane fenestration) remain unproven. No stitches are used in the incision. Complete healing without complications should occur within four weeks. If tubes are put in place, though, the child will need special earplugs when swimming or bathing.
The adenoids are tonsil-like structures located in the back of the nose, invisible to normal methods of examination of either the nose or throat. When adenoids are large, children tend to mouth-breathe, and they may snore at night. Many children with enlarged adenoids have a "nasal" sounding voice because of obstruction. The eustachian tubes open into the nose very close to the adenoids, and their opening may be blocked when adenoids are enlarged. Blocked eustachian tubes are among the causes of chronic otitis media.
When there are other reasons for removal of adenoids (primarily severe snoring especially with accompanying ]]>sleep apnea]]> ), then adenoidectomy may reduce the frequency or duration of ear infections. Even in the absence of strong evidence, some surgeons recommend adenoidectomy as a primary treatment for chronic otitis media, usually along with myringotomy and placement of tubes.
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Matilla PS, Joki-Erkkila VP, Kilpi T, Jokinen J, Herva A, Puhakka H. Prevention of otitis media by adenoidectomy in children younger than 2 years. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003;129(2):163-168.
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Breaker, breaker: How to conserve energy without thinking too much
Last Monday the summer setsuden (electricity-saving) campaign started. All the regional utilities except Okinawa's are requesting that customers cut back on their energy use so as not to put a strain on the grid, which has been compromised by the shutdown of so many nuclear power plants in the wake of last year's meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 reactors. As evidenced by the large anti-nuclear demonstrations taking place, a lot of people have strong feelings about atomic energy, but whether you believe it to be too dangerous to handle or an acceptable alternative to carbon-based sources, the best way to address the more pressing issue of energy shortages is to reduce usage.
Though there are many piecemeal methods for saving energy, one way to immediately cut down is to exchange your main circuit breaker, the gatekeeper for the current that flows into your home. Power is measured by means of watts, and the number printed on your breaker, which stands for amperes, represents the maximum amount of wattage that can pass into your home at one time. Different household appliances use different amounts of power. Anything that cooks or produces heat will use more power than other appliances. When the amount of power flowing into your home exceeds the ampere level of your breaker, it automatically trips, causing a blackout, but only in your home. If you use a lot of electricity, then you should install a breaker with a higher ampere number.
In Japan, household breakers come in seven steps, from 10 amperes to 60. The higher the number, the higher the basic charge on your monthly electricity bill. If you are a Tokyo Electric Power Co. customer you pay ¥273 for 10 amperes, ¥409 for 15, ¥546 for 20, ¥819 for 30, ¥1,092 for 40, ¥1,365 for 50 and ¥1,638 for 60. In order to figure out which breaker level is appropriate, take a survey of all your household appliances and how often you use each one.


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Asalamu'aleykum warahmatulahi wabarakatu
Bismillahi Rahmani Rahiim,
O Allah Please Forgive Me,
O Allah, O Karim, Please have Mercy on me.
O Allah, O Karim, Please forgive me for the sins I committed in the past and those I will commit in the future.
O Allah, have Mercy on all the Muslimeen, and guide them. Guide me
O Allah, and guide my parents, my siblings, my cousins, my aunts and uncles, my nephews and nieces and so forth.
O Allah, I ask You to strengthen my iman and those around me. I ask You to soften my heart and to soften the hearts of the Believers.
O Allah, forgive me for my shortcomings, for only You are Perfect.
O Allah, Please Forgive me if I ever got too wrapped in a matter that I didn't have the time to utter Your Name.
O Allah, Please Forgive me for all the salat I missed because of ignorance or laziness,
Please Forgive me for all the fasts I didn't make up, thinking it was "alright, since I fasted most of the days anyway."
O Allah, Please Forgive me for the quarter I never dropped into the metal cup for the homeless man begging on the street.
O Allah, Please spark the love of Islam in my heart and in the hearts of every single Muslim until it gets implanted in their children and their childern's children and so on.
O Allah, I ask that You help me for I am weak and will only grow stronger by Your Strength, so Allah Please Strengthen me to fight Shaitan and his whispers. And if I ever fell into his trap and followed my desire, then sincerely forgive me, for that displays not only my weakness, but Your Greatness as well.
O Allah, Please lighten the punishment in the grave for those before us and those after us. Please Allah, lighten the punishment and please shed light into every Muslim's grave.
O Allah, if I ever was too afraid to stand up for Your Deen because of what others would think, then Forgive me, for I was a fool for doing so.
O Allah, Please Protect me and each Musilman, and Protect especially the orphans and the widows.
O Allah, Please Strengthen the faith of the destitute Muslims around the world, so they have hope to live.
O Allah, if I ever forgot to do du'a for even one suffering Muslim, then Forgive me for then it is as if I haven't done du'a for the entire ummah.
O Allah, Please be the Light of my eyes, ears and heart.
O Allah, Please be the Light on the sides of me and the Light behind me and the light in front of me.
O Allah, Please Forgive me for all the foul words I spoke either out of ignorance or because I was trying to be "cool."
O Allah, please forgive me if I never stopped to think about You, due to "other important things."
O Allah, Please Forgive me for not having enough time or creating time for reading the Qur'an.
O Allah, Please Forgive me for listening to music and watching movies and t.v.
O Allah, please forgive me for all the yelling I've done and the arguments I've been in. For the only time the voice should be raised is for Your Praises!
O Allah, Please Forgive me for my disrespect towards my family, elders, siblings and so on.
O Allah, Please Forgive me for any backbiting I have been accused of, whether I did it consciously or unconsciously.
O Allah, Rab al-Alamin, Forgive me, Forgive me for everything. So for everyone, every single Muslim, dead or alive, I do du'a that you forgive them for all their sins.
O Allah, Please Please Please help the suffering Muslims of Kashmir, Palestine, Chechnya,
Bosnia, Gujarat, Nigeria, Iraq, Afghanistan and everywhere around the world. Please O Allah, make the Mujahideen victorious, and let the beauty of Islam reign!
O Allah, Give victory to the Muslims! O Allah, Please let True Islam reign! O Allah, Please increase our knowledge of Your Deen and this world. Oh Allah, Please Help us all and guide us, for You are Everything to us.
O Allah, I cannot stress how much I ask for Your Forgiveness and Your Guidance.
O Allah, I fear You, I fear You soooo much words cannot describe. I fear the day when I will meet You, and I WILL meet You. When we are one on one, and I have no one's help or support. No-one can take the blame for me nor I for them. The only thing I will have is a little book given to me by You that has my deeds.
O Allah, Please Forgive me for my thoughts, for even though I get sinned only for my actions, I cannot help but feel guilty for my thoughts and I ask You to Forgive me for them and to clear my mind of any impurities until You become the Only thing on my mind.
O Allah, Please Forgive me if I ever did anything out of gain for this life and not for Your pleasure. If I ever did anything to "show off" then Please Forgive me for that.
O Allah, I do du'a that You grant us all God-Fearing spouses and grant us righteous children.
Oh Allah, I do du'a that You continue to strengthen this ummah until the Day of Resurrection.
O Allah, Forgive me for whatever I have not mentioned, for I am bound to forget….but You, through Your Greatness… You Never Forget.
O Allah, Please Grant all the Muslims Jannah-tul-Firdaus.
O Allah, I ask that You shed Your Mercy on all the Prophets (peace be upon them) and on all the Angels (peace be upon them). Lastly, I do du'a You shed Your Mercy on the Prophet Muhammad , his family and companions. I do du'a that you grant Muhammad
the Highest Station in Paradise.
Rabinna Aataina Fiduniya Hasinathow Wa Fil Akhirati Hasinathow, Wakina Adhab innaar Ameen.
Ilaahi yaa robbii subhaanallaah,
Subhaanallaahil 'aliyyil 'adhiimi wabihamdihi daa iman alhamdulillaah.
Alhamdulillaahi robbil 'aalamiina 'alaa kulli haalin wa fii kulli haalin wani'matin allaahu akbar.
Allaahu akbar kabiiron wal hamdulillaahi katsiiron wasubhaanallaahi bukrotan wa ashiilaa.
Laa ilaaha illallaahu wahdahuu laa syariikalah lahul mulku walahul hamdu yuhyi wa yumiitu wahuwa 'alaa kulli syai in qodiir...Allahumma Amiiiiiin
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(Reno, NV (KOLO-TV)– In New York recently the bright stage was packed with cosmetic Goliaths like L'Oreal, MAC, Kimberly-Clark, Beyonce and two moms from Fernley, Nevada. They were competing for the coveted Health and Beauty Association's Best Green Packaging of the Year Award. And when the flash bulbs burst, the cameras were trained on the two moms from a world away. Their unlikely rise is from the world of cosmetic mud that they dig up and package themselves from their parents own ground.
"It is teaching the kids that the American dream is still there," says Shelly Egbert, co-founder of Black Rock Mud. "For two small town moms to put together and idea and go against the big boys and win is the American dream and the American dream is still alive no matter what you hear."
This American dream runs deeper than just a story of David beats Goliath. She and co-founder Summer Powlson have 11 kids combined, and they are all getting their hands dirty in it.
"Everything we do is all by hand, by shovel," she says and the kids, "They love it, they think it is awesome. My daughter is starting a mud-dyed t-shirt company. We are teaching our kids how to be an entrepreneur and start a business."
But that's not the only American dream that has risen from the mud. This is an American green dream. "Our plant is all off the grid, we are working off solar and wind power. We aren't just saying we are green, we are trying to do it and it is tough."
It is all happening about a mile from where they live in Fernley, in the even smaller town of Gerlach, Nevada on Shelly's dad's private property.
Not to be lost in all this New York fan-fare is the product behind their dream.
Complexion-concerned people spread the Black Rock Mud on their faces to pull out toxins and nourish the skin with minerals. But this 'mud' is different. "The mud is a special kind of clay," she says and it is only found one other place in the world. Most face mud are mostly "Bentonite" clay which is a "filler" she says.
"But ours is Illite and that is what makes us so special," she says. Most mud come from volcanic geothermal that smells like rotten eggs, not the kind of thing you want to spread on your face. But she explains that this mud comes from heat generated by friction between the earths' plates and that kind of heat makes the mud odorless. The end result is something that you want to put on your face that "pulls toxins out of the body and it is naturally mineral rich that are really healthy for your skin," she says.
Now, like many companies that make mud, they could have just stuck their mud in plastic containers. But they didn't and that takes us back to the Green Packaging Award that they won last week in New York. Their packaging is 100 percent recyclable and made in the USA.
So, the product is unique, they beat out the cosmetic Goliaths, they are green, made in the USA and teaching their small town children entrepreneurship. But there is still one piece missing from making this American dream come alive.
"We hope that some of this will start translating to orders some time soon," Shelly says adding that it is only available in Reno at You Microspa. She wants to sell more of it, not to make herself rich, but to enrichen others lives in the small community. "Our dream has always been right here in Fernley we have so many friends and family that are struggling and we would love to help them have a second income."
The company's product can be found at http://www.blackrockmud.com/
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. . . but it is oxygen that causes oxidation of the dough rather than heat and friction. . . . Omid or anyone else, your thoughts and clarification of this point is appreciated.
Every been to New Jersey Omid?
I believe it means curious about this,
I would also be interested in understanding what you refer to as "effective hydration".
Is your ideal hydration 53%?
Even pies roughly rolled out with a rolling pin can experience oven spring in high heat.
Even at 49% hydration ?
For those curious, I gave the dough a l...o...n...g rest (8h) before kneading it. Not sure how this compares to what Omid does, but I did note the difference.Chau
Chau - What you have partially done is a modified autolyse that involves taking a portion of the dough (ie, in Omid's description - some of the water and some of the flour) and letting it hydrate for 8-10 hours. Then the dough is made as normal. It is described on page 59 of Suas. The protease in the flour is given time to break down some of the gluten bonds for more extensibility in the final product.I have been meaning to respond to this thread. Omid's passionate treatise describes bread making nearly exactly the way alot of us here on the board have been doing for quite some time. I believe Kelly pointed out "effective hydration" is just another phrase for autolyse. I have never done the extended/modified autolyse, but it seems Omid get great results with it. The extremely low hydration levels at which he is baking pies shows it may truly be an "effective" way to get good results. I am interested to try it.Omid's methodBreadmaking description1. [Propound!] and attune your elements, water, flour, salt, leavenGather the four ingredients2. Mix some partiallyStart modified autolyse, or even "double hydration"3. Hydrate the flourAutolyse4. Add the rest and kneadAdd rest of ingredients (ex. Tartine salt/water). Mix or stretch and fold.5. FermentBulk6. LeavenByproduct of bulk7. Make dough ballsForm panetti or loaves8. More fermentation and LevitationBench rest and final proofDont break your wrist, make love!Don't use a rolling pin!John


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Corné Port-Royal Brown Rectangular Box, 325 g - 24 pcs
Ingredients: Sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, hazelnuts, almonds, glucose syrup, palm oil, butter oil (milk), cream (milk), rapeseed oil, water, stabiliser : glycerol of rapeseed, walnuts, sunflower oil, stabiliser : glycerol, condensed milk, emulsifier : soy lecithin, rice flour, skimmed milk powder, palm kernel oil, flavours, skimmed cocoa powder, coconut fat, wheat-flour, invert sugar syrup, stabiliser : sorbitol, acacia honey, candy syrup, orange peel (pieces), coffee, emulsifier : sunflower lecithines, whipped cream (Isigny) (milk), fructose glucose syrup, salt, salted butter (Isigny) (milk), honey, lactose, milk protein, salt (Guérande), raising agent : sodium carbonates, malted barley flour, emulsifier : mono and diglycerides of fatty acids, invertase, soy flour, cinnamon, emulsifier : rapeseed lecithines, preservative : sorbic acid, acid : citric acid, thickener : xanthan gum, shea butter, preservative : potassium sorbate, colours: curcumin, titanium dioxide, riboflavin, anthocyanins.Allergy Advice: May contain traces of eggs, sesame, groundnuts and other nuts.Nutrition Declaration per 100 g: Energy 2279 kJ / 539 kcal – total fat 34 g – saturates 16,8 g – carbohydrate 47,6 g – sugars 44,3 g – protein 6,5 g – salt 0,11 g
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. concussion: Driver regrets not taking initial injury more seriously
LAS VEGAS—Dale Earnhardt Jr. still talks to a concussion specialist regularly and still wonders what would have happened if he had taken his first concussion this year more seriously.
Earnhardt reflected on his 2012 season Thursday, expressing regret that he didn't finish in the top 10 in points so he could thank his team and sponsors during the Sprint Cup Series awards ceremony Friday night. Only the top 10 Chase drivers are honored at NASCAR's formal ceremony.
The Hendrick Motorsports driver missed the Chase races at Charlotte and Kansas because of the effects of two concussions—one from a hard crash during a test session Aug. 29 at Kansas Speedway, the other during a multicar crash in the Oct. 7 at Talladega Superspeedway.
"I think I should have been smarter about it the first time when we crashed at Kansas and I didn't feel good and I started to get nauseous after that," Earnhardt said following an awards ceremony where he was named the sport's most popular driver for the 10th consecutive year.
"I knew right then for damn sure that I had a really bad concussion. I wish I would have taken that more seriously. I don't know if it would have changed anything."
— Pockrass: NASCAR should have kept Junior off track while concussed
After the Kansas crash, Earnhardt told his crew chief that he wasn't feeling well and if he continued to be nauseous, they might need another driver. They never got to that point until two days after the Talladega crash, when Earnhardt was suffering from headaches and began seeing doctors.
Earnhardt missed the two races after Talladega before returning for the final four events.
"It's a tough decision to make going into the Chase (at the time of the initial crash), and I had dealt with concussions before and I thought that I'd just drive through it and it would be over in a couple of weeks and as long as I didn't have any crashes, I'd be over it and it'd be done," Earnhardt said.
"But I wasn't lucky enough to avoid another accident. I feel foolish in that regard that I was careless."
In an attempt to keep doctors aware of how he is doing, Earnhardt has voluntarily remained in contact with concussion specialist Dr. Michael Collins of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Concussion Program. It was Collins who explained to Earnhardt what he was going through and how one of his concussions triggered increased anxiety.
"I stay in contact with Mickey in Pittsburgh just for me more than him, to tell him how I'm doing, tell him what I'm thinking," Earnhardt said. "He always has a great way to explain what's going on and what things mean.
"So it's more for me and my confidence and me understanding what the injury was and what it did and why it did things it did."
As Earnhardt said before his return at Martinsville, he believes the experience was beneficial in some ways. He had two top-10 finishes in his past four races.
"It was a pretty incredible an experience to go through that whole deal," Earnhardt said. "I learned so much about it that I really didn't want to go through it.
"But having gone through it, I learned an incredible amount about what that injury is like and what it does and what you need to understand about it."
That's why Earnhardt can live with his 12th-place finish in points.
"The reality of the situation, there ain't much I can do about," Earnhardt said. "I'm just glad really that I got an opportunity to come back, that I was able to overcome the setback physically and there's a bit of relief and excitement that I feel good and ready to race and I'm able to pick back up, I guess, where we left off.
"You just never know when you're in that situation sitting at home wondering if everything is going to get right again. So I feel lucky."
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Wacky Reference Wednesdays, No. 63
Woverine's got a hangover and Spidey's trying to keep him from getting into a fight. This is another example of the many "takes" required to get the right pose. What I often have to explain at conventions is that it's not so much about drawing as it is about acting. I can draw a full figure out of my head, but a particular gesture always seems richer when I've tried it myself.
While I didn't actually have a hangover in this pic, I was channeling prior experience.
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That's some very convincing wincing haha. Love the blog!ReplyDelete
Dude your so right it really is all about acting, and getting the characters to convey that emotion.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Maikeru. I've had lots of practice.ReplyDelete
And yes, Reau, acting is where it's at. I guess all those high school drama and musical theater classes finally paid off.
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File Typing
Q: Will Mac OS X use filename extensions (e.g. ".exe", ".txt", ".psd", ".doc") to identify file types, or will it continue to use classic Mac OS type and creator codes?
A: File type resolution in Mac OS X is quite involved. Much of the process revolves around Mac OS X's use of Bundles. As we've seen in previous articles, Bundles are folders that encapsulate a collection of related files. With the exception of Frameworks, Bundles appear as single items in the high-level user interface (hereafter referred to as "the Finder" despite its recent rechristening as the "Desktop").
The process for identifying file types in Mac OS X does include the examination of file (or folder) name extensions, but there's more to it than that. I'll start with an explanation of the process, followed by an analysis of how this process will affect users and developers.
Here's the process, step-by-step from Apple's developer documentation, that the Finder goes through when it encounters an item in the file system:
- Is it a file or a folder?I don't think this step needs much explanation. If it is a folder, the Finder determines if it is a bundle (go to step 2). If it is a file, the Finder determines the file type (go to step 4).
- Is the folder a bundle or a regular folder?
There are several ways to determine this.
- Check if the folder name has an extension that identifies it as a Bundle. Common Bundle extensions include .bundle for "generic" Bundles, .app for Applications, and .framework for Frameworks.
- If the folder is on an HFS or HFS+ volume, examine the presciently named "bundle bit" in the "Finder info" field of the folder's Catalog Folder Record. If the bundle bit is turned on, it's a Bundle.
- Check the invisible per-folder attribute file that contains a redundant copy of the "Finder info" fields to see if the bundle bit is set. This attribute file is "invisible" in two ways. First, it may have the "invisible" Finder info bit set on it if it is on an HFS or HFS+ volume. Second, the filename begins with a period, which is a convention for "hidden" files in Unix. The Mac OS X Finder declines to display these so-called "dot files" in its file listing windows. This attribute file is a plain, flat file that contains, in Apple's words, "a data structure that is extensible and volume-format 'agnostic.'"
The order in which the Finder checks these things is not clear, but I suspect that it tries the "least expensive" checks first. That is, the folder name extension or bundle bit is checked first, and the invisible attribute file is read only if both of those methods fail.
- What type of bundle is it?
Each Bundle contains one or more files that identify the Bundle type. The two most common are the "PkgInfo" file and the XML property list file ("Info.plist" or "Info-macos.plist"). The "PkgInfo" file contains 8 characters: the four-letter classic Mac OS type code (e.g. "APPL" for applications) and the four-letter classic Mac OS creator code (e.g. "MooV" for QuickTime movies). The XML property list contains, among other things, these same two four-letter type and creator codes.
If the type and creator codes are not available via any of the methods listed above, the folder name extension is consulted. See step 2 for a list of common bundle extensions.
- Is it an application?If the item is an application (as determined by the type code "APPL" or by an encapsulated info file or a folder name extension, if it's a Bundle), the Finder hides the ".app" extension, if it exists. If this is the first time this application has been seen by this user, the Finder adds the application's information (extracted from the Bundles's XML information property list or from the classic application's resource fork and HFS/HFS+ catalog record file) to its application database for the user.
- Display the item appropriately.The Finder consults the application database and locates the icon to display for the item. If no such icon exists, the Finder displays the default document, application, or folder icon.
After all that, we've now successfully displayed an item in the file system. But we're not done yet. When a user double-clicks (or otherwise opens) an item in the file system, another process takes place.
- Is it an application?If it's an application (as determined via the process described above) and the application is not currently running, the application is launched and we're done (go to end).
- Is it a Framework?Frameworks are treated like regular folders (go to step 4).
- Is it some other type of Bundle?Double-clicking some other type of Bundle will cause the application that "owns" the Bundle, if any, to be launched. Applications can declare ownership of loadable bundles with specific extensions and/or creator codes. An example might be a Photoshop plug-in that launches Photoshop when double-clicked. (go to end)
- Is it a folder?The contents of the folder are displayed, either in the current window or in a new window (depending on context and/or Finder settings that are beyond the scope of this question). (go to end)
- Is it a plain file?The Finder checks the document's four-letter classic Mac OS type code (if it is on an HFS or HFS+ volume) or the filename extension to determine the document type. It then looks up the application (or applications) that claims this document type.
- If there is only one application claiming the document type, the Finder opens the document with that application.
- If there are no applications claiming the document type, the Finder puts up a dialog box in which the user can select an appropriate application. The user's choice is stored in the application database, and the file is opened with that application.
- If there are multiple applications claiming the document, and the document has no associated creator code (i.e. the file is a non-HFS or non-HFS+ file), the Finder opens the document in one of the applications claiming that document type. Which one? It's not clear at this point; the documentation is ambiguous.
If the document has neither type and creator codes nor a filename extension, the Finder puts up a dialog box stating that there is no application available to open the document, and offers the user a chance to choose an application to use temporarily. Choosing an application to open the unknown file does not add a filename extension or type and creator codes to the unknown file.
But wait, there's more! Mac OS X also supports the concept of "abstract types" and "roles", both of which are defined in an application's XML property list file.
An "abstract type" defines general characteristics of a family of documents. Each abstract type has one or more corresponding "concrete types," such as a filename extension or a classic Mac OS 4-letter type code.
Abstract types place a layer of (surprise) abstraction between the OS's idea of a file type and the various ways that file types are indicated on different volume formats (e.g. type/creator on HFS/HFS+ or filename extensions on UFS). An abstract type is something like "Photoshop document", which could be associated with the concrete types ".psd" (a filename extension) and "8BPS/8BIM" (a classic Mac OS type/creator pair). Apple recommends that abstract types be copyrighted to ensure uniqueness.
A "role" defines an application's relation to a document type. There are three roles:
- Editor - The application can read, manipulate, and save the document type.
- Viewer - The application can read the document type and present the data it contains.
- None - The application does not understand the document type, but is just declaring information about the type (for example, the Finder declaring an icon for fonts).
The biggest winner in this system is the application (well, all Bundles really, but I'll focus on applications as an example). Applications enjoy total freedom to exist on any type of file system. No matter where an application lands, it always carries with it enough information to identify itself, and it does so without relying on filename extensions (which are somewhat foreign to traditional Mac OS users). Even when the ".app" extensions is present, it will be hidden by the Finder. (Note that this feature is not yet present in Mac OS X DP4.)
And remember that application attributes do not constantly have to be re-read from within the application itself. They are cached in a centralized, per-use database by the Finder.
The situation for plain files is somewhat less perfect. There are only two popular methods for representing concrete types: HFS/HFS+ type/creator codes and filename extensions. Mac OS X supports both, but Apple "strongly encourages developers to use file extensions as alternative means for identifying document types." Apple's reasoning is that the Internet, the new "lowest common denominator" of interoperability, does not support HFS-style attributes and forks; it deals only in flat files. Where the overwhelming majority of "flat file" volume formats (i.e. Windows/FAT, Unix/UFS) failed to change Apple's thinking, the pervasive connectivity of the multi-million-node Internet has succeeded.
On the other hand, Apple itself provides a method for preserving HFS/HFS+ resource forks and meta-information across flat file systems. When a file with HFS/HFS+ attributes and/or a resource fork is copied or moved to a flat file system like UFS, the Mac OS X Finder creates a hidden file containing the meta-information and the resource fork data. When that file is copied or moved back to HFS/HFS+, those hidden files are read and re-incorporated back into the file. So while Apple encourages the use of file name extensions, it also provides a mechanism that allows the "old ways" to continue functioning more or less transparently within Mac OS X.
Unfortunately for Apple, the matter of filename extensions is not entirely in their hands. Mac OS X will initially ship with HFS+ as the default volume format. This is necessary to enable the transition of classic Mac OS users to Mac OS X. Requiring users to reformat their drives in order to upgrade to Mac OS X is not exactly good business. Furthermore, Mac OS X's backwards compatibility with classic Mac OS apps requires an HFS/HFS+ volume somewhere from which to run its copy of classic Mac OS inside Classic.app (yes, they could use a disk image, but that's a sub-optimal solution).
Given this situation, Mac OS developers could simply continue business as usual, using type/creator codes (instead of the un-Mac-like filename extensions) to identify the files their applications save. (They could even continue to use resource forks, but that's much less likely. A file that relies on its resource fork will be irreparably broken if it is copied to a flat volume format via any method other than the Finder (FTP, HTTP, etc.), whereas a file's type/creator codes are simple to restore.)
The deciding factor may be the users. Will Mac users accept filename extensions or will they complain bitterly to their favorite application developer that they don't want ".psd" or ".doc" files on their Mac? Remember that the Finder will not hide any filename extensions (other than ".app"), so they will be visible to (and editable by) the user.
Since Mac OS X supports both filename extensions and type/creator codes, developers could punt and support both, with an option somewhere in the application's preferences to disable one or the other. Again, this puts the future of type/creator codes in the hands of the users. If type/creator continues, HFS+ (or future variants thereof) will be with us for a long time to come. Resource forks, however, will no longer be needed regardless of how users come down on the filename extension issue. I can imagine a future HFS+ descendant (HFS++?) that supports catalog file and folder records (where type/creator codes are stored, among other things) but does not support resource forks.
Abstract types are a good idea, but it's not yet completely clear how Mac OS X will use this information. The use mentioned most in the developer documentation is for data interchange via the pasteboard (analogous to the classic Mac OS clipboard). This is an ideal use of abstract types, since concrete types like type/creator codes and filename extensions only make sense in the file system. Once data is copied to the pasteboard, it is divorced from its file system representation, but it still needs some attribute to identify its contents. Abstract types fill this role.
The concept of "roles" (Viewer/Editor/None) seems under-utilized. The only place they're consulted is in step 5 of the "open file system item" process listed above, where the Finder determines which applications (if any) claim a particular file type. Let's look at the simple example of a JPEG file. If it has an HFS/HFS+ creator code, it is opened with the creating application. But if it only has an HFS/HFS+ type code and/or the filename extensions ".jpg", then a list of applications that "claim" JPEG files must be constructed. Who gets to be on that list? Any application that declares itself as an "Editor" or "Viewer" of JPEG files? Just the "Editors"? Just the "Viewers"? What if both Editors and Viewers are available? Who "wins" in that situation? As I wrote earlier, this resolution process is unclear at this time.


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US: Maryland Sets a Health Cost for Wal-Mart
The Maryland legislature passed a law Thursday that would require Wal-Mart Stores to increase spending on employee health insurance, a measure that is expected to be a model for other states.
The legislature's move, which overrode a veto by Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, was a response to growing criticism that Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer, has skimped on benefits and shifted health costs to state governments.
The vote came after a furious lobbying battle by Wal-Mart and by labor and liberal groups, and is likely to encourage lawmakers in dozens of other states who are considering similar legislation.
Many state legislatures have looked to Maryland as a test case, as they face fast-rising Medicaid costs, and Wal-Mart's critics say that too many of its employees have been forced to turn to Medicaid.
Under the Maryland law, employers with 10,000 or more workers in the state must spend at least 8 percent of their payrolls on health insurance, or else pay the difference into a state Medicaid fund.
A Wal-Mart spokeswoman said the company was "weighing its options," including a lawsuit to challenge the law because it is close to that 8 percent threshold already.
It is unclear how much the new law will cost Wal-Mart in Maryland - or around the country, if similar laws are adopted, because Wal-Mart has not publicly divulged what it spends on health care.
But it was concerned enough about the bill to hire four firms to lobby the legislature intensely over the last two months, and contributed at least $4,000 to the re-election campaign of Governor Ehrlich.
A spokeswoman for Wal-Mart, Mia Masten, said that "everyone should have access to affordable health insurance, but this legislation does nothing to accomplish this goal."
"This is about partisan politics," she said, "and this is poor public policy driven by special-interest groups."
There are four employers in Maryland with more than 10,000 workers - among them, Johns Hopkins University, the grocery chain Giant Food and the military contractor Northrop Grumman, but only Wal-Mart falls below the 8 percent threshold on health care spending.
A Democratic lawmaker who sponsored the legislation, State Senator Gloria G. Lawlah , maintained: "This is not a Wal-Mart bill, it's a Medicaid bill." This bill says to the conglomerates, 'Don't dump the employees that you refuse to insure into our Medicaid systems.' "
Opponents said the law would open the door for broader state regulation of health care spending by private companies and would send the message that Maryland is antibusiness.
"The message is, 'Don't come here,' " said Senator E. J. Pipkin, a Republican. "This is an anti-jobs bill."
Several lawmakers said that in the end, the law would require Wal-Mart to spend only slightly more than it does now on health insurance. But with Wal-Mart refusing to disclose what it pays for health costs, it was unclear how much more it would be required to pay.
This is the second time that the Maryland legislature, which is dominated by Democrats, has passed the Wal-Mart bill. Governor Ehrlich vetoed it late last year, inviting a senior Wal-Mart executive to sit by his side as he did so.
Indeed, the bill is shaping up as an issue in the fall campaign, with Republicans and their business allies lining up against it, and Democrats and their labor union supporters backing it. Wal-Mart has 53 stores and employs about 17,000 people in Maryland.
Debate was particularly emotional among representatives from Maryland's Eastern Shore, where Wal-Mart recently announced plans to build a distribution center that would employ up to 1,000.
Wal-Mart executives have strongly suggested that they might build the center elsewhere if lawmakers passed the health care bill.
In a passionate speech in the State Senate, J. Lowell Stoltzfus, a Republican, warned that the bill "jeopardizes good employment for my people."
"It's going to hurt us very bad," he added,
The bill's passage underscored the success of the union campaign to turn Wal-Mart into a symbol of what is wrong in the American health care system.
Wal-Mart has come under severe criticism because it insures less than half its United States work force and because its employees routinely show up, in larger numbers than employees of other retailers, on state Medicaid rolls.
In response to the complaints, the company introduced a new health care plan late last year, with premiums as low as $11 a month.
Consumer advocates specializing in health care are hoping that the Maryland law will be the first of many.
"You're going to see similar legislation being introduced," said Ronald Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a nonprofit health advocacy organization, "and debated in at least three dozen more states, and at least some of those states will end up also requiring large employers to provide health care coverage."
Mr. Pollack suggested that he did not expect any groundswell of opposition from corporate America. Most companies, he said, provide insurance and know that the costs of medical treatment for uninsured people are reflected in their insurance premiums. Mr. Pollack said that, by his organization's calculations, the cost of such treatment drove up employer premiums by $922 a family last year. In 2006, he said, the added cost could reach $1,000 a family.
"Those employers should welcome the fact that the companies that do not offer coverage now will be forced to step up to the plate," he said.
State lawmakers here in Annapolis took repeated swipes at Wal-Mart during debate over the bill on Thursday. It appeared that the company's intensive lobbying campaign in Maryland, including advertisements arguing that the requirement would hurt small businesses, might have soured some lawmakers.
Senator Lawlah called the lobbying "horrendous" and adding, "I have never seen anything like it."
Frank D. Boston III, the chief lobbyist for Wal-Mart on the health care bill, stood in the main corridor of the Capitol building on Thursday wearing a look of resignation. Referring to unions in the state, he said, "They have a power we can't match, and we worked this bill extremely hard."
Wal-Mart is appealing. The company settled a similar case in Colorado for $50 million.
Wal-Mart has given "every indication" that it will go to trial rather than settle, Mr. Donovan said. A Wal-Mart spokesman, Kevin Thornton, said the company was considering appealing the decision.
Claudia H. Deutsch contributed reporting from New York for this article.
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Thursday, as I answered the front door, I found a package waiting for me from my Secret Santa. She must know that I am always downstairs with the kids and wouldn't catch her delivering.
She gave me this cute Shadow Box card with a Christian fiction novel. Thank you Secret Santa - I can't wait to find out who you are when we have our revealing party next week.
Here is a close up of the shadow box card - don't you just love those fun snowmen?!!!
Then yesterday I got another sweet note in my mailbox - this time from Glenda.
Isn't this a cute card for a Red Hot Stamper!! (can you see the 'bling' on her necklace and ring?) See that it says "Congratulations" on it?? Well, during this last big promotional push from Stampin' Up! I was so thankful to have three great ladies sign on under me!! Glenda's congratulation was to tell me that I promoted to MANAGER!! I now have 6 gals in my first down line and one in my second. How exciting!! Glenda has been such a great example of what it is to be a leader and I am sure I will learn more in January when I go to Leadership Conference in Nashville Tennessee. To say I am a bit scared or maybe just a little apprehensive is mild to say the least because now I will be holding my own down line meeting each month for the ladies here in my home. Everyone can still go to Glenda's quarterly, but now it will be up to me to inform the ladies of the latest specials and events and encourage them to do their very best and give them the tools in which to do so. I know they will miss being able to go to Glenda's each month 'cuz she is such a fun gal, but I also know that with a little tutoring from Glenda I will do the best job that I can, and I am sure I will learn along the way - just like she had to do when she signed on 7 years ago.
Thank you Glenda - you really are the best!!
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A little over a year ago I was invited to be a regular contributor to the MurderSheWrites blog. I was happy to join this group of talented, hard-working women and to stay abreast of what everyone was doing and thinking and add to the conversation about writing and life and our mutual interest in, um…murder . (I'm relatively sure Homeland Security has all of us on a list somewhere.) I still enjoy this group SO much, but my life has gotten a little too crazy lately, so it's time for me to streamline my obligations.
This will be my last regular blog on MSW…which is a lot of pressure, I must say, because I'd like to leave you with a kernel of something…well, good.
I suppose the lesson here is that I'm walking away from some obligations in order to embrace new ones. So if you're considering a new opportunity—relocating, a job change, taking up a hobby, assuming a volunteer position—I encourage you to go for it with the thought of committing to the task for one year, with the promise to yourself you will then reevaluate.
We resist change and the chance to extend ourselves because of the unknown, or because our minds automatically go to what could go wrong, and how hard it will be to extricate ourselves from the situation if things don't go well. But everything is a little less daunting if you think about it in terms of a one-year bite. One year is long enough to dig in and experience the range of the task…but short enough that it doesn't have to upend everything else or change the trajectory of your life.
If you devote one year of your life and then move on to something else, think about all the different experiences you could have:
–train to run a marathon or a take up a new sport
–get a certification to add to your education
–learn how to play an instrument
–live abroad
–buy a one-year subscription to a special-interest magazine
–take on a foreign exchange student
–sign up for a year of dance classes
–learn about winemaking or join a wine club
–immerse yourself in a language
–buy a one-year pass to the National Park Service
–take a sabbatical
–be a foster home for a pet
–research your family tree
–write a novel
–join a group blog!
Change is inevitable…and change can be good. I'm moving on to other projects, but I'll still come back to visit friends here at MSW. Meanwhile…
What's something YOU would like to do for one year?


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A's bullpen coming together for stretch run
OAKLAND -- The A's bullpen has allowed just six runs over the past nine games after allowing 28 runs over its previous 10.
A staple of the team's success this season, the relievers are primed to play a pivotal role in the A's postseason push after doing so in last season's September stretch to overtake the Rangers.
"We're trying to keep some guys available every day," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "You try to resist the temptation of using the same guys every day, and we've also had guys who've stepped up, like Dan Otero."
Sean Doolittle earned his first save of the season in Saturday's 2-1 win over the Astros and said he felt the added pressure of pitching in the ninth inning in place of closer Grant Balfour, who received the day off after a 35-pitch outing Friday.
Doolittle and Ryan Cook, who served as Oakland's closer for a stretch last season, are viable options when Balfour is unavailable. Melvin said he'd prefer not to use Balfour on Sunday in order to give him three days' rest with Monday's off-day.
"We're probably a bit deeper, but you do understand that this time of year these guys have a lot of heavy workloads and you just have to find that extra gear down the stretch," Melvin said.
Even Opening Day starter Brett Anderson has two saves for the A's since his recent return from a fractured right foot. And that stat isn't lost on Doolittle.
"It feels good," Doolittle said, "because Brett has two, and now I'm almost going to catch him. He's been in the bullpen like a week."


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He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley
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The intensity of Elvis Presley's love and devotion for gospel music through vintage photos, interviews and video footage, including some never-before-available scenes of Elvis's impromptu offstage gospel performances. Many interviews reveal that Presley's unshakable commitment to gospel music was tested many times by producers and record label executives, who were later to be surprised when the Grammys overlooked Presley's No. 1 hits in favor of three of his best gospel performances.


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Does Apple love its chief executive Tim Cook? Apparently so, according to a recent survey, which rated his performance at 97 percent.
Jobs site Glassdoor.com said the score was two points higher than Steve Jobs' 95 percent approval rating for his March 2010 to March 2011 performance. (Jobs stepped down from the position in 2011.) Cook is followed by Ernst & Young CEO Jim Turley and Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs, with both reaching 95 percent, and American Express CEO Ken Chenault and Google CEO Larry Page, both trailing with a 94 percent approval rate. (You can check out the full list here.)
While some may be shocked that Cook slid so easily into his new position, we don't think anyone should be surprised. Cook was likely highly competent and steeped in Apple culture enough not to cause too much upheaval. But does this mean that Apple has embraced Cook and any new ideas?
Cook said he planned on running Apple as it had been in the past, but he also has made some subtle tweaks that clearly would not have happened under Jobs. Tim Cook gave a charitable donation match to employees, decided to give its shareholders dividends and was the first Apple CEO to make a trip to China to visit its supply chain. These were all things that marked him as a different leader than Jobs. And it wasn't a bad thing. In fact, it could be argued all three decisions were fundamentally good ones.
While we believe some were scared of someone other than Jobs being in charge, Cook has made the position his own in a careful, methodical way. We'll see how he scores next year after a few more changes.


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Will the sixth time be the charm for Lindsay Lohan?
The 26-year-old accepted a plea deal on Monday that will send her to rehab for 90 days, making this Lohan's sixth time in treatment in the past six years.
Judge James Dabney ruled that the "Liz & Dick" actress – who was facing three charges, including lying to police – enter a "lock down" facility, which means she will be working on her sobriety 24/7 and will not be able to leave rehab for any reason.
So what will life be like for Lohan for those 90 days?
Not fun, that's for sure.
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"Lock down" rehab is just that … the 26-year-old will not be able to leave the premises for any reason whatsoever, and she will likely not be allowed any visitors.
"Most rehabs, once you've been in one or two weeks showing good behavior, they'll allow family members to come visit or they might even allow a family member to take you out to lunch – and that would be a privilege," explains Texas-based addiction expert Jennifer Criswell Sartin. But for Lohan, 90 days of "lock down" takes away that privilege.
Why is "lock down" a good idea for Lohan? In the past, the actress had been allowed to leave rehab for filming and come back at the end of the day, which was the case for her first stint in 2007. But by the time she was in treatment for her fifth round, in late 2010, she had grown brazen. In December of that year, Lohan and another patient snuck out of the Betty Ford Center. And when they returned around 1 a.m., a counselor there claims she reeked of alcohol and a scuffle ensued. (The Betty Ford employee later sued Lohan and the two settled out of court last year.)
Now, she won't even be able to leave for her mandatory meetings, adds Criswell Sartin. "Most rehabs would allow their residents to be accompanied by a staff member to outside AA/12 Step meetings. Being that it will be a lock down facility, it's likely that they would have members of AA bring their meeting in. They even do that in prisons."
Lohan's days in rehab will also likely be very regimented, something she has not been accustomed to lately between her late nights partying and her spotty work schedule. "Most reputable rehabs like that will try to do is get you prepared to transition to 'normal life,'" says Criswell Sartin. "Lights out at 10 p.m. would be a normal schedule. They'll probably have to wake up at 6 a.m. and be down with the group at 7 a.m., where they would probably do some prayer and meditation. Addicts sleep until 10 a.m. or noon so it's to get you out of that routine."
In addition to learning skills for sobriety, Lohan may even pick up some cooking tips.
"Wherever she went in the past probably had a chef who would come in and cook for them gourmet meals, which is just not normal life," adds Criswell Sartin. "So a good facility might even have the patients prepare the meals for the group, kind of like a sober-living atmosphere. There will definitely be meal times and it will be healthy eating. Again, addicts and alcoholics don't eat and when they do, it's food that is unhealthy. So there will be probably some health and fitness every day, lots of work outside of group time, hopefully a 12-step program. There will be homework!"
And it all comes at a very pretty penny. Although state-run rehab facilities usually cost nothing, Lohan will likely not be checking in to anything that is not high-end. Crisswell Sartin explains that a place on the actress' spectrum, like Promises in Malibu where she was in 2007 for her second rehab stint, "is upwards of probably $50,000 a month." And Lohan has to be there three months … that's around $150,000. If a patient has good insurance, sometimes rehab can be covered up to 80%, but it's unclear what kind of coverage Lohan has … if she has any at all.
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Since Lohan has previously been in rehab five times, what approach will counselors take to make sure the sixth time actually sticks?
"They're definitely going to focus on relapse prevention," says Crisswell Sartin. "Probably the biggest hurdle in this case is going to be if she's willing to change … Her mindset is 'I do not have a problem. I have been in the wrong place at wrong time. I've had bad luck happening to me'" – which was exemplified by Lohan hitting the Hollywood club scene hard just hours after her trial on Monday. "I have a strong feeling that she does not believe that she has an addiction problem … There's a huge part of therapy which is taking responsibility for actions. Breaking through the denial would probably be the best approach to take in the beginning."
Time will tell if the upcoming rehab stint finally does the trick … or if Lohan falls back into the same patterns.
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Scotti Hill of
How you doing?
What's going on?
Listening to the new disc while waiting on your call.
I was on the phone with Australia, it took a little longer than I thought. So what's shakin brother?
Enjoying the new album. Great disc, I'm impressed with it.
I appreciate that man. We're getting mixed reviews, just like we figured. I'm happy with it. It was a lot of fun to make and we got what we wanted.
What have you been doing the last few years since THICKSKIN came out?
We did a lot of touring over the past couple of years and thats basically been it. Touring and getting together and do some writing on our own down time and stuff like that, all that shit. We're just touring, writing, hanging out, kickin it. Nothing major.
I saw you guys in London Ontario, in 2003, with Poison and Vince Neil.
That was a fun tour. We actually toured with Vince 2 years in a row so we got to know him pretty well. He's an awesome guy. Awesome dude.
In the past you've had some amazing ballads like "I Remember You" and "18 And Life" . How come you chose not to include any on the new album?
(laughs) You're the first person to ask me that. I thought nobody noticed. We didn't really feel like it. The theme of the record is kinda just put out there, whjat we felt like putting out there, and I guess we weren't really in the mood for doing a ballad. We said screw it at the last minute. We were like there's no ballad for this record, should we write one? Nah, screw it. We like what's on there. The motto of the band is just do the shit we like and hope everyone else does too. Not taking away from those ballads we've done in the past. There'll be certainly more of them, it just wasn't on the cards for this album.
There is a bit of diversity on the album, a bit of punk and even some country at the beginning of "You Lie".
(laughs) For the most part the band, I'll speak for myself, Rachael and Johnny, we all like old fashioned country music. That song, Rachael bought it in and was like check this song out, we got to do something with it, and he started playin and singing it. It was obviously a country song, we're like we should do that, who says we can't? We can do whatever we want, lets record it man, it sounds like fun. It was a lot of fun to record. I think it's a cool song. I enjoy playing it and all that stuff. Like I said before, the records all over the place, it's got a bit of everything on it. I think that may rub some people the wrong way, some people dig it ya know. It's just what we felt like doing.
So the country thing never had anything to do with Johnny's Texas roots?
No. You know I think it's funny, because people will be like "Oh no, Johnny is turning them country!". I think he did it justice because of where he comes from. He's basically a good ol' boy with Texas pride. He's got a voice for that kind of thing, he can pull it off really good. We tried to make the first half sound as authentic as we could before it kicks into the heavy stuff. It worked out good. I love the song. I loved playing it. I don't think we're gonna do it live. It was fun to record.
What prompted you guys to cover "Strength" by The Alarm? That's an out there choice.
Ya for sure. It's funny we were touring about 2 years ago in England, and we went out for dinner one night a couple of hours before the show and we were talking about cover tunes to record because we wanted to put a cover tune on the record. Out of the blue Johnny just mentioned that song. I'm like "dude, I remember that song. It's really cool". We got a copy of it and started listening to it. We're like lets demo it and see what it sounds like. We did a demo of it and it turned out real good so we decided to put it on the record. You know a lot of people don't know it's a cover? I guess I'm older than I thought. People are like "That's a cool song". I'm like "You know it's a cover, right?" A lot of people didn't know that. There you have it; The Alarm from….. I think it was recorded in 1983 or something like that.
It was on one of their earlier albums.
It was. Those guys had some great tunes actually.
A friend of mine didn't know it was a cover either and said "Strength" was one of the best tracks on the album.
He didn't know it was a cover either?
Nope he never.
I wish we could take credit for it but we can't. (laughs) I don't remember where we found the version we learned it from. I remember it wasn't easy to find. I don't know if ITunes has it, or what the deal is. We got it from somewhere and learned it. I hadn't heard it in years and got a copy of it. I guess it has been awhile.
It was definately the 80's. I believe it was just after the "68 Guns" album.
I heard that song "Spirit Of 76" on the radio the other day and I was like that's a great song too, but it's like 10 minutes long or something like that.
The band took a lot of flack for THICKSKIN but with REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE a lot of fans seem to be coming back onboard. Was there any concious decision to try and win them back?
No, really. Like I was saying before you can only do it the way we know how to do it and people like it. That's super cool. There's never going to be pleasing everybody. Some people refuse to like it because it's not the original line up. Some just don't want to like it, some want to like it but are just disappointed. You can't please everybody, so we just try to go with we like this kind of music, we like that kind of music, so lets record it, if it turns out good it makes the record. If we really wanted to please certain fans we would've put a ballad on there. We just have to do it the way it feels right for us. It just didn't feel right this time. The next record is going to be all ballads. (laughs).
Ballads and cover tunes!
Nothing but ballads and cover tunes! Cover tunes you never heard before.
Any tracks left on the cutting room floor that may surface as B-sides?
No, everything we recorded went on the record. As a matter of fact we put "You Lie" on the record twice. (laughs). We couldn't decide which mix to use. We said fuck it. Lets do it twice.
I saw that on my copy with "You Lie" and then "You Lie" as a bonus track.
I'm doing interviews and people are like "It's like that on the record?". I'm like "Oh yeah it is". If I'm going to listen to it I want to hear both mixes.
Many fans found it a bit blashphomous that you recorded a punked up version of "I Remember You" on THICKSKIN. Do you regret doing that?
No fucking way! Here's what I have to say to those people. If you don't like it then write your own song and cover it. Period. Fuck it dude, it's tongue in cheek all in good fun. It's nothing against the original "I REMEMBER YOU". It's just something we thought would be fun to do, and I don't have any regrets. We currently play both versions, we'll always play the original version. It's a really great song, it turned out really good on the first record. We just like to do things we think are fun and give 'em a try and see what happens. We're fully aware that people aren't going to like it. Start your own band and do it your own way. (laughs)
Personally I was skeptical on the new singer until I saw you guys live. Then I saw he is a good singer.
That's always good to hear. I've watched Johnny record every track on this record and he wasn't in the booth for any longer than an hour for any one of them. He smoked it and I found that inspiring. He's a great singer. I'm proud to be in a band with him. Some people just can't get over the fact that it's not the original line up. You think about it, the original line up was a guy named Charlie Mills on drums, a guy named Jimmy Uhas in my spot and a guy named Matt Fallon in Sebastian's spot. So if you want the original line up we could always do that. I'll kick myself out of the band.
The first 2 discs are considered metal classics. Do you feel any pressure to live up to that?
I'm just flattered to hear you mention them as classic. Living up to something you did 20 years ago I think is next to impossible. We're not trying to top SLAVE TO THE GRIND, we're not trying to do anything like that. We're just trying to have fun being in a band. My attitude about it is I still have the same excitement about it as when we were a garage band. It's something we did in the past that we're proud of and it'll always be there. We need to move on and do what we like to do. It would be pointless to try and chase that stuff.
Is there any significance to the cover and title? The artwork is pretty simple.
(laughs) I tell ya what, if you look at Skid Row album covers over the years, they're all out there in their own way. We like cars, we like hot rods, we like all that kind of stuff. Everything's all kind of tied in together.
OK. I was curious if it had to do with Rachael's love of motorsports or the RPM of an LP.
It's kind of a play on words. You can look at it many different ways. I like to look at it as this is our own new revolution. Life is blowing by fast, jump on this shit while you still can.
What is the band's immediate plans?
Well we're going to go and do some shows with Kings X and Nashville Pussy in November. When that's over and we get the holidays out of the way, we'll start up again early next year. Go to Europe, Japan, Australia, of course the States, Canada. As a matter of fact we will be in Toronto in early November.
Any plans for Eastern Canada next summer?
Ya sure man. There's a lot of cities we haven't been to in a long time.
I know SKID ROW has never been to Newfoundland.
No we haven't. I'd like to see it up there. Unfortunately when we get to play anywhere we never get to see it. We usually see a parking lot. "Yeah I saw a nice parking lot in Newfoundland." Ya got in the bus and left. You don't really get to see much but it would be really nice to get up there.
Any plans to release the old home videos like OH CAN YOU SCREAM and ROADKILL on DVD?
There's been really no talk about that. We are going to release another DVD eventually. The old stuff…. I haven't seen that stuff in years, I don't even know where my copies are. It's just something that hasn't crossed my mind so you caught me off guard on the answer to that. It's a possibility. That would involve a lot of record label bullshit with people we're not associated with anymore. I'm just a dumb guitar player bro! I don't pay any attention to that shit. (laughs)
With the 20 year anniversary coming up next year and the 20th anniversary of the first album a couple of years time, is there a chance of even one reunion show of that first album band?
No. (laughs). I would have to say no. It's not something we're interested in doing. Like Rachael puts it, there's a lot of rock'n'roll to go around. Sebastian's out doing his own thing and by all means go see him. They guy is good at what he does. As far as getting together and playing in a room….. Ican only speak for myself and I'm not really into the idea. My knee jerk reaction would have to be no. (laughs)
I guess you got asked that a bit.
You know what? It's required asking in an interview and I understand why of course.
Anything planned to celebrate the 20th anniversary mark?
I been celebrating every day for the past 20 years. I don't know how I can celebrate anymore.
With Sebastian out there in the mainstream, do you feel he's overshadowed SKID ROW a bit, despite the fact that you've released 2 CD's of original material in the past 4 years to basically his one in the past 8?
Well I think he's maybe more of a pop-culture figure. Something like that in the public eye. Right on! Good for him. The only thing I can do is focus on what I'm doing. The past is the past, we made some great records together and all that stuff. I need to focus on the task at hand and that's continuing to have fundoing what I'm doing and what I been doing. That's my only concern really.
Do you have any contact with the old drummer ROB AFFUSO?
Oh yeah. He comes down and stays with me a couple of times a year. We catch up on old times and stuff, we're really good friends, he's taken vacation at my house a few times. We remained good friends and he's doing really well.
What is he doing now?
He runs an entertainment company. They do entertainment for corporate events, for example American Express, things like that he'll provide entertainment for and take a commission. He lives in upstate NY, he got horses and all that stuff. He looks exactly the same. My wife is nodding her head right now. He still looks like he just stepped right off the beach.
Phil Varone was in the band, then he was out, then back again, now he's gone again.
He came back because we had some shows we had to do and we didnt have anybody to play at the moment, so he came back and did some shows with us. It wasn't intended to be a permanent thing. He came back and helped us out. He wants to persue a career in stand up comedy, and I can speak first hand that he's a funny motherfucker dude! He's really funny, kept me laughing for a few years out there.
How do you think the music business has changed over the years?
I think there is a lot of opportunity for bands that don't need to sell millions of records to be successful now, because unsigned bands can have access through outlets like MySpace and their personal websites. I think it's awesome. I like how the music business has become a smaller homegrown type of thing. Independant labels and smaller labels, its really good. It gives people the opportunity to hear the music they want to hear not what they are forced fed by a radio station or televison station. If you want to go out and find unsigned bands that are playing great music, it's not more than a few clicks away on your computer.
The best ones are not usually signed to major labels.
HaHa! Don't even get me going there on that shit. They're gonna want you to look and sound like the band that's selling records today. The shelf life of major label bands is one record. That's it. If they get a 2nd chance they're lucky.
Here today, gone later today!
Oh my God it's not even funny how bad it is. Who can decide what kind of music they like when it's not even around long enough for them to do it again.
What are you listening to yourself these days?
I listen to whatever my mood strikes me to put in the CD player or the IPod. It's like food man, I don't wake up and eat steak and I don't wake up and listen to Slayer, I save that til maybe noon (laughs). The last album I got was Hank The Third and I love it, I think it's brilliant, he made a great country record thats a kick in the teeth.
The STRAIGHT TO HELL one?
Yeah, its fuckin great. It's about all my favourite things. Not like in the music business, getting high and partying. That's it man, pretty cool.
When I met you in London back in 2003, you had a Los Straightjackets shirt on, and I never knew who the hell they were until I got home and looked them up.
Were you surprised?
I was.
I love that band.
Now I got a few of their albums.
It's great isn't it? It's like listening to the Ventures or something, it's pure guitar. It's surf music man. I listen to it in my car when I'm driving, it's fun. Right before I moved out of New Jersey, a couple of days before I moved out they came through and I went to see them, that's where I got that shirt.
I'd like to see them.
They're really good. You know what's hilarious?I think they're from Nashville or something like that, but when they perform they speak Spanish.So the guy does all his raps in Spanish. It's great man and they wear the masks of course and stuff.
Thanks for turning me onto that band.
Well good man, I'm glad dude. Once again, you go home, you Google it you find some music, you download it and you're good to go.
And go buy the record.
I buy all my music off ITunes. I'm not saying I never got anything for free before. Nowadays it's to much trouble.I'd rather pay 99 cents and take what I want.
I only download to sample before I buy.
I think a lot of people are doing that nowdays. That's cool man. That's a good honor system. I read some of the bulletin boards and blogs and shit. I think that's a respectable thing people are doing. They'll go out and grab it for free, and if they like it, they'll buy it. I think there's nothing wrong with that.
I don't agree with those that just download and burn, and not buy.
People just dont get the idea that they are taking away… this is our job, this is our product, we are selling our product.We love what we do, we love to play live. I love music, I love rock'n'roll. It's still my job though.
You have to support the artist so they can continue to make the tunes.
That's right brother! I wish everybody thought that way. As far as doing it on a small level, or an independant level or an unsigned level, you can only give so much stuff away before it starts hurtin'. Then you gotta go out and get a real job.
Anything you want to say to the fans and the readers?
Hey man! We will see everybody on tour this summer or this coming year. We look forward to seeing everybody out there and catching up with old friends. We got the die hards that come out to every show when we come through town and we've gotten to know some people over the years, it's always good to see some familiar faces out front.
Scotti & Celtic Bob, London, ON, 2003
Thanks to Tara at SPV for setting up the interview and to Sharkbait for transcribing.


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